BJP Leader, LK Advani on Saturday said if his party comes to power, it will actively promote open-source software and internet telephony. While promising one crore laptops to students, the party said in its IT and telecom vision document released today, it would spend Rs 10,000 cr on buying top-of-the-line laptops with open source software. The party also plans to allow unrestricted internet telephony. Software gaint Microsoft do not want to make any comment on that.Commenting on the BJP’s IT vision, Sun Microsystem’s country director Jaijit Bhattacharya said: “We welcome the IT vision of one of India’s significant political parties. We believe the policy will help in improving IT industry in India through adoption of open standards and promotion of domestic web hosting industry. We hope other political parties will follow suit.”
The open-source alternative Linux has been gaining momentum in the country. Not only are big enterprises opting for it, even the small and medium size businesses are making use of the open source software.
The open-source alternative Linux has been gaining momentum in the country. Not only are big enterprises opting for it, even the small and medium size businesses are making use of the open source software.
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